Laos By: Cortney Lydon and Tyler Wells
I. Political Information
- Type of Goverment: Communist State
- Suffarage Rate: 18 years old
- Legal System is based on traditional customs, French Legal norms and prcedures
and socialist practice has not accepted compulsary ICJ jurisdiction.
- Current Leader: President Lt. General Choummali Saighason
II.Social: - Population: 6,834,345 - HIV/AIDS Rate: Adult prevalence- 0.2%, People living- 5,500,
people that have died with HIV/AIDS- fewer than 100 - Religions: Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, and Unspecified 31.5% - Literacy Rate: Total 68.7% , males 77%, females 60.9%,
people over the age of 15 can read and write. - Languages: Lao (official language), French, English,
and various Ethnic Languages - Life Expectancy: 56 years of age
III. Economics
- Curency and Exachnge Rate: Kips per dollar- 8,556.56
- Poverty Rate:26% - Major Industries:The main industries of Laos was processing, rice,
beverage production, and also saw milling and manufactoring of building material.
- Major Imports and Exports:In terms of value are millions of Timber,and other forest
products, electricity, coffee and tin. The major countries they Import/Export with are Thialand, Japan and China.
- Natural Resources:Timber, Hyrdopower, Sypsum, Tin, Gold, and Gemstones.
- GDP per captia: $765
IV.History
V. Current Events 1-2
(1) This current event states that the Thailand government forcing refugees to return to their own country of Laos.
The government says this is a volunteer thing but in reality it is not. The refugees are being forced to return to Laos and this makes the Laos people unhappy. The Laos people are afraid to return to there own country because they feel that they will be seriously punished by the government.
My own opinion I disapprove for what the government is doing to these people. I think that the people have a say with what they want to say, but as I think of it most people in the world can not have anything they want, and this in some ways affects the the country and the people. Well that is all I have to say about this matter.
Laos By: Cortney Lydon and Tyler Wells
I. Political Information
- Type of Goverment: Communist State
- Suffarage Rate: 18 years old
- Legal System is based on traditional customs, French Legal norms and prcedures
and socialist practice has not accepted compulsary ICJ jurisdiction.
- Current Leader: President Lt. General Choummali Saighason
II.Social:
- Population: 6,834,345
- HIV/AIDS Rate: Adult prevalence- 0.2%, People living- 5,500,
people that have died with HIV/AIDS- fewer than 100
- Religions: Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, and Unspecified 31.5%
- Literacy Rate: Total 68.7% , males 77%, females 60.9%,
people over the age of 15 can read and write.
- Languages: Lao (official language), French, English,
and various Ethnic Languages
- Life Expectancy: 56 years of age
III. Economics
- Curency and Exachnge Rate: Kips per dollar- 8,556.56
- Poverty Rate:26%
- Major Industries:The main industries of Laos was processing, rice,
beverage production, and also saw milling and manufactoring of building material.
- Major Imports and Exports:In terms of value are millions of Timber,and other forest
products, electricity, coffee and tin. The major countries they Import/Export with are Thialand, Japan and China.
- Natural Resources:Timber, Hyrdopower, Sypsum, Tin, Gold, and Gemstones.
- GDP per captia: $765
IV.History
V. Current Events 1-2
(1) This current event states that the Thailand government forcing refugees to return to their own country of Laos.
The government says this is a volunteer thing but in reality it is not. The refugees are being forced to return to Laos and this makes the Laos people unhappy. The Laos people are afraid to return to there own country because they feel that they will be seriously punished by the government.
My own opinion I disapprove for what the government is doing to these people. I think that the people have a say with what they want to say, but as I think of it most people in the world can not have anything they want, and this in some ways affects the the country and the people. Well that is all I have to say about this matter.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/world/asia/28hmong.html
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